Wall Street Journal Voucher Editorial

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Here it is in its entirety.

Wall Street Journal
Union Libel
November 5, 2007
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
Utah’s children may not excel in math or English, but their teachers are very good at instructing them in how to run a political campaign. As 2007 achievement test data show another disappointing year for the state’s children, the teachers union is [...]

Anti-Voucher Myths Debunked

Monday, November 5th, 2007

The following is a response to a comment made on an earlier blog post. I address it here partially because of it’s length, but mostly because I think it would be generally beneficial to lots of people who have doubts about Referendum 1.
@ Clint
Actually Referendum 1 will divert money away from public schools. The money [...]

Best Pro-Voucher Ad Ever

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

It’s easy for normal folks to get lost in an issue with so much rhetoric.
That’s why I was thrilled to get this ad in the mail:

This ad makes it easy for people like my mother-in-law to feel safe in a Parents’ Choice vote, despite claims from voucher opponents that

The real “bureaucrats and liberals” are the [...]

Utah School Voucher Amounts: Dissecting the FUD

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Opponents of Utah’s school voucher bill have ads that denounce the proposed voucher system as flawed because most of Utah’s low-income families would still not be able to afford attendance. But here’s a non-socialistic idea: why not let parents make their own financial decisions?
Even if this proposed voucher amounts weren’t enough at this very moment, [...]